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Gateshead, Durham [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Carlyle England [2]

Durham [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bournemouth [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brompton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Byer Moor, Gateshead [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Chiltern Victoria [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Cork [1]

Dalston, Cumberland, [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

East Wawanosh, Huron County, Ontario [1]

Erith, Kent, England [1]

Finchley, Middlesex [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Hastings, Kent [1]

Haxby, York, Yorkshire [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Holywood, Down [1]

Horsforth, Yorkshire [1]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [350]

Gunner [44]

Corporal [34]

Driver [24]

Serjeant [24]

Sapper [22]

Lance Corporal [21]

Lieutenant [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Brevet Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Writer 2nd Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lieutenant Commander (Temporary) [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain Brevet Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captainand Battalion Major [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signal Boatswain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [53]

Durham Light Infantry [45]

Royal Engineers [44]

Labour Corps [37]

Army Service Corps [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Border Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

London Regiment [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Hussars [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [565]

Royal Navy [57]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

J [764]

D [10]

F [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [749]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Canada [2]

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Place of birth

Gateshead, Durham [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Battersea, London [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Carlyle England [2] Durham [2] Hackney, London [2] Hartlepool, Durham, England [2] Lancashire England [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Birmingham [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bournemouth [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brompton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Byer Moor, Gateshead [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Chiltern Victoria [1] Clapton, London [1] Cork [1] Dalston, Cumberland, [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] East Wawanosh, Huron County, Ontario [1] Erith, Kent, England [1] Finchley, Middlesex [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Hastings, Kent [1] Haxby, York, Yorkshire [1] Hertfordshire [1] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Holywood, Down [1] Horsforth, Yorkshire [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [350] Gunner [44] Corporal [34] Driver [24] Serjeant [24] Sapper [22] Lance Corporal [21] Lieutenant [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [12] Acting Corporal [10] Bombardier [8] Acting Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Brevet Major [3] Pioneer [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Writer 2nd Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lieutenant Commander (Temporary) [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain Brevet Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captainand Battalion Major [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Signal Boatswain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [53] Durham Light Infantry [45] Royal Engineers [44] Labour Corps [37] Army Service Corps [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Yorkshire Regiment [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Border Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Machine Gun Corps [12] London Regiment [10] West Riding Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Gordon Highlanders [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Hussars [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Welsh Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [565] Royal Navy [57] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

J [764] D [10] F [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [749] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Canada [2]

Gertrude Jefferson

British Army Church Army

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Evelyn Jefferson

British Army 2267 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Edith M Jefferson

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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C Jefferson

British Army 27486 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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C W Jefferson

British Army 718254 Corporal London Regiment

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H. Lewis Jefferson

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Dorothy Dunnington-Jefferson

Born 1882

Died 1952

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment 1st West General, Liverpool

Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment Military Hospital France

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Military Hospital, France

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Ella Dunnington-Jefferson

Born 1888

Died 1934

Other Empire Force VAD Nurse and Orderly Voluntary Aid Detachment Clifford Street VAD Hospital Nunthorpe Hall, Yotkshire

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Hilda Dunnington-Jefferson

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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J A Dunnington-Jefferson

British Army Brevet Major Royal Fusiliers

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J A Dunnington-Jefferson

British Army Brevet Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Brevet Major Staff

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J A Dunnington-Jefferson

British Army Captain Brevet Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Brevet Major Staff

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J A Dunnington-Jefferson

British Army Captain Temporary Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Temporary Major Intelligence Corps

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J A Dunnington-Jefferson

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Ida Elsie Fell

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Ida Elsie Mrs Fell

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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